Archives for December, 2009
Marlon Byrd A Chicago Cub
For the next three years Marlon Byrd gives the Cubs stability in center field.
That’s significant considering they’ve been without it for the last five. Even then, that hinges on whether or not you’re willing to consider Corey Patterson as ’stable’ in center field.
Defense up the middle is hugely important. Teams don’t win championships without it.
Yet, I had to go back to 1987 before I could find an everyday center fielder for the Cubs who lasted three seasons or longer on the North Side.
That, my friends, speaks volumes as to how...
Happy New Year
To all FF faithful and to those who happened to stumble upon FF during this holiday, we would like to wish you a very safe and happy New Year! And may 2010 bring us another Stanley Cup!
My Life as a D3 Player: December 9 ‘09
Since the Grinnell College Football season has come and gone, I've been trying to prepare myself for something that I knew was coming since the day I told Coach Hawsey I'd come here: Iowa winters. Don't get me wrong, I'm actually pretty good in the snow and cold. I grew up in ...
Pirates Year in Review, Part 4
Happy New Year! Here’s the final installment of the Bucs’ year in review. Find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.
OCTOBER
Finally, the season came to an end (6-0 loss to the Reds) on October 4. The Pirates finished 62-99, avoiding 100 losses (thanks in part to a rainout a few days earlier). The Pirates ensured that they will pick 2nd in the 2010 draft.
Perry Hill decided not to return to the team.
NOVEMBER
The Bucs started off the month...
Know Your Dallas Cowboys Twitter Updates for 2009-12-31
Cowboys Corner: Kosier honored – http://shar.es/a9STx #
Cowboys special teams coach receives courage award – NFL – Yahoo! Sports – http://shar.es/a9VaP #
Dallas Cowboys Blog | Sports News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News – http://shar.es/a9PKr #
YouTube – Jerry on Inside The NFL – http://shar.es/a9PD6 #
YouTube – nflfanatics100's Channel – http://shar.es/a9PU8 #
RT @Less than “24” hours until Outback Bowl kick off
By West Lamy
Northwestern is completing their final team preparations including the television series “24” for movie night before the January 1st Outback bowl in Tampa, Florida. “Jack Bauer, that is all that need be said, he is the modern day MacGyver” Coach Pat Fitzgerald said in the early news conference. The Wildcats are making their first trip to a January bowl game since 1997, and the 11 a.m. ET kickoff is less than 24 hours away. And for two straight years, before all games their team activity has...Mike Leach goes on the offensive like Harrell to Crabtree.
Even though I told you a couple of days ago, here is former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach telling you what a POS the James kid is. Technorati Tags: Clubhouse Cancer,NCAA Football,Big 12,Texas Tech Red Raiders,Mike Leach,Adam James,Craig James,high definition video,HI-DEF,HD
Happy News Years (USA Olympic roster prediction)
Happy New Years from Goon’s World. Here is what I would like to see the Olympic hockey team look like when it is announced tomorrow.GoaltendersRyan Miller (MSU)Tim Thomas (UVM)Craig Anderson (OHL)DefenseAndy Green (MU)Ryan Whitney (BU)Ryan Suter (UW)Brooks Orpik (B.C.)Brian Rafalski (UW)Jack Johnson (UMICH)Mike Komisarek (UMICH)ForwardsDavid Backes (MSU-M)Phil Kessel (UMN)Dustin Byfuglien (OHL)Patrick Kane (OHL)T.J. Oshie (UND)Zach Parise (UND)Paul Stastny (DU)Ryan Malone (SCSU)Bill Guerin (B.C.)Cowboys’ Frustrating Decade Comes to an End
There are a few ways we might describe the decade of the 2000s for the Dallas Cowboys. Just a few stabs at it:
Doomed Era
Decade of Disgrace
Decade of Disappointment
Decade in Disarray
Decennium of Mediocrity
And so forth.
The decade itself mercifully comes to an end tonight, so hopefully we can turn the page on ten mostly forgettable years in this franchise’s history.
Time is running out on the decade of...
